 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Shamash School" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Shamash School was a high school in Baghdad of the Jewish educational system founded in 1928 until 1951. Some public figures from cultural, academic and intellectual backgrounds such as Sami Michael, Sasson Somekh and Elie Kedourie completed their education in this school. The school was supported by the Anglo-Jewish Association, it had over 900 students at its peak enrollment in 1939. Maurice Plotnick, a British born headmaster, subsequently emigrated to the United States where he founded the Westchester Day School.
References
- "جريدة الحقيقة - من التاريخ المنسي مدرسة شماش". Alhakikka News. 2017-05-02. Archived from the original on 2019-08-03. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- Westchester School website
| Schools in Baghdad | |
|---|---|
| Operating | |
| Closed |
|
 | This Iraq school-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- Defunct schools in Iraq
- Schools in Baghdad
- Educational institutions established in 1928
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1951
- Jewish schools
- Jews and Judaism in Baghdad
- 1920s establishments in Iraq
- 1950s disestablishments in Iraq
- History of education in Baghdad
- Iraqi building and structure stubs
- Middle Eastern school stubs